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Is it Roslindale or Roswell? You decide Mysterious booms, flashes during the weekend witnessed from Dorchester Fields Corner to Jamaica Plain Police, fire reportedly respond but find nothing Could this unexplained phenomenon be part of a larger, nationwide conspiracy? {page 02}

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Meet the GOP’s ‘heartless’ budget wizard Paul Ryan’s plan to prevent austerity involves cutting the social safety net In other words: Austerity {page 06}

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Groundbreaking. Assembly Row

Omens and opportunities ‘Mildred Pierce’ screenwriter Jon Raymond on his new book, ‘Rain Dragon’ {page 09}

This artist’s rendering shows what Somerville’s Assembly Square will look like when the Assembly Row project is completed in 2014.

The city of Somerville and the MBTA broke ground yesterday on a massive revitalization project that will include hundreds of thousands of square feet of office, residential, retail and entertainment space, along with a new T station on the Orange Line. The popular Swedish furniture chain Ikea is also slated to open in the area, which could create some interesting issues with passengers transporting packages on the subway. {page 04}

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If you’re a lady in the Hub, you’re in the right place.

According to a new study, Boston is the nation’s third-best place for women’s well-being. The study, by the Social Science Research Council’s Measure of America Project, was based on three components: healthy life, school enrollment/degree attainment and standard of living. METRO

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“My commute is 5 yr old’s dream: car drive, train trip, walk in park (see ambulances, boats), subway.

All that’s missing is firetruck. #mbta” @HONEYBEARTOM PUTTING A POSITIVE SPIN ON HIS DAILY COMMUTE ON THE MBTA

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Woman guilty of knife attack for parking spot BOSTON. A Mission Hill woman was found guilty yesterday of stabbing her neighbor during a fight over a parking spot.

Carmen Andino, 40, was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, authorities said. She will be sentenced next week.

The 24-year-old victim shoveled out her space in the winter of 2010, left and returned to find tables filling the spot. She moved the tables and parked there, which upset Andino.

The women became involved in a fight, and Andino slashed the woman’s face and torso with a knife. METRO

Chuck Turner appeal set BOSTON. A panel of judges will hear next week the oral arguments for the appeal by former City Councilor Chuck Turner.

Turner was sentenced last year to three years in federal prison for attempted extortion and lying to federal agents.

The appeal hearing is set for May 9. METRO

Some say it’s just fireworks Residents wonder what the boom is all about Perhaps a PR stunt?

Roslindale may soon be called Roswell-lindale after a series of unexplained sounds and flashes of light were witnessed over the weekend.

Both Friday and Sunday, around the same times, residents reported hearing “booms” in the area of Zeller Street near the Fallon Field.

Some residents said the sound wasn’t consistent with the noises made by fireworks during a July 4 celebration.

The mysterious blasts were reportedly heard from Dorchester Fields to Jamaica Plain, but no one had an answer for the strange phenomenon.

Locals reported that police responded to the scene, but found nothing.

Todd Johnson, who has lived in Roslindale for the past year, said the sound startled him and his wife.

“It wasn’t like a gunshot, it was louder and deeper than that,” said Johnson, who had

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Quit playin’, Thor.

We can only guess what the noises and flashes were: Fireworks Bill and Ted’s phone booth heading on an Excellent Adventure Cast of “Lost” going back to the island A meteorite hitting the hills Space invasion A meth lab explosion Stick of M-80 being set off Thor running a publicity stunt for “The Avengers”

his television on the first time he heard the strange noise. “It was like a cannon going off.”

While others reported seeing a flash following the boom, Johnson said he only heard the loud noise, on both Friday and Sunday night around the same time.

“It’s really weird; you’d think there would be some explanation or something,” said Johnson. “With fireworks, there would be some smoke or the smell of sulfur — but I don’t think any of the neighbors heard anything about that kind of stuff.”

On UniversalHub.com, people living nearby joked about the boom being caused by characters from the TV show “Lost” going back to the island, or a possible real-life “Fringe” scenario unfolding in the Hub’s backyard.

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Spring. Full bloom

BOSTON. Residents in other parts of the country have experienced similar strange noises with no apparent cause in recent months.

In Wisconsin, people called police after they heard thunder-like “booms” and “bams” that officials could not immediately explain.

A 15-minute video on YouTube called “Mysterious Booms All Over U.S. Not Just Wisconsin Jolting People To The Bone,” claims it’s a conspiracy.

In the video, a person says they have been exploring strange sounds for the past two years, and reports of “loud, jolting booms” all around the country have increased. METRO/SA

Lottery likely to set record MASSACHUSETTS. Lottery

Teen held on bail for punch FRANKLIN. A Franklin High School student pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges including aggravated assault and battery for his alleged videotaped beating of a fellow student.

David Salmon, 17, was ordered held on $1,500 bail.

Salmon allegedly suckerpunched a fellow student in a hallway. It was videotaped and then uploaded to social media websites.

The teen who filmed the attack is also expected to face charges. METRO/BOSTON.COM

Booms across the country

A runner makes his way past a bed of flowers along Day Boulevard in South Boston yesterday.

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May flowers due to get some showers

The month of May will most likely begin with several days of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS 7-Day Forecast shows cloudy skies with a chance of showers through Saturday. Temperatures are expected to hover in the high 40s to low 50s all week, with the exception of Friday, when the thermometer should reach 71 degrees. METRO

officials expect to break the agency’s record with profits already hitting $936 million with three months of reporting left this fiscal year.

Lottery officials said yesterday they expect to have a revised profit estimate for the fiscal year later this week.

The profit boom is largely driven by an increase in instant ticket sales which are up $193 million over last year.

In March, instant ticket sales topped $26 million, helping to boost overall lottery sales for the month $45 million higher than March 2011. SHNS

$951M The current record was set in 2006, when profits topped $951 million.

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‘Now we can grieve’

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Four years after Northeastern student’s murder, indictments give her parents closure Billerica man pleads not guilty to alleged role in death DA says man drove alleged killer to woman’s Mission Hill apartment A Billerica man allegedly seeking to satisfy his cocaine addiction drove Rebecca Payne’s alleged murderer to and from her Mission Hill apartment building the night of her death.

Michael Balba, 55, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday. He was indicted on four counts of perjury for allegedly lying about what took place on the night of the murder and was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail.

Payne was a senior at Northeastern University and lived in an off-campus apartment.

She was fatally shot in the knees and chest in May 2008.

Her accused killer, Cornell Smith, and Balba, were indicted last week for their alleged roles in her death.

“His actions are part of the

reason it took the district attorney's office almost four years to bring charges against Cornell Smith,” Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley said.

“Had this defendant not lied during that investigation, Becca’s parents might not have had to wait four years to find some measure of accountability in their daughter’s death.”

During Balba's arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Ian

Other suspect Cornell Smith allegedly fatally shot Rebecca Payne.

Smith is being held in federal custody out of state on an unrelated drug

Polumbaum said Balba knew Smith because Smith would supply him with cocaine.

Polumbaum said that on the night Payne was killed, Balba met up with Smith to obtain drugs. Smith told Balba, a truck driver and grandfather, to drive him and another person to Mission Hill and do the drugs in a nearby park, Polumbaum said.

That's allegedly when Smith killed Payne. charge.

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said it is a “cumbersome process” to bring Smith back to Massachusetts to face the murder charges. It could be weeks or months before Smith is arraigned.

Authorities yesterday confirmed that Payne was killed in a case of mistaken identity and that she was not Smith's intended target.

Balba then allegedly drove Smith and the other person away from the scene.

During various grand jury investigations, Balba misled jurors and said he could not remember events, authorities said. He agreed to testify with immunity, but said he could not remember the events of that night.

James Dangora, Jr., Balba's lawyer, said Balba is a family man who works three jobs and has two children and a grandchild that live with him.

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Authorities said they have cell phone records and surveillance images from cameras near the murder scene that place Balba there.

Moving forward Rebecca Payne’s parents cried during yesterday’s arraignment of a man charged with lying about their daughter’s murder.

“We’re still thinking of Rebecca. We’ll never see her

again,” her father said.

The couple had visited their daughter’s Mission Hill apartment multiple times on the anniversary of her death. Now they are planning a peace march through the city on May 20, the fourth anniversary.

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BU to set up sexual assault prevention center this fall

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Assembly Square will have a drastically new look in a few short years.

Breaking ground on Assembly Row Project includes new Orange Line station Space will have housing, offices, retail space, entertainment Ikea furniture store is slated to be built nearby If T riders thought the bulky bags of fellow passengers bashing them around was bad, the giant boxes of do-it-yourself furniture that could be on board trains are sure to create an unpleasant commute along the Orange Line.

While Somerville prepares to revitalize the Assembly Square area, breaking ground yesterday on phase one of the Assembly Row development, talks of an Ikea being housed near the new project are still active.

A spokesman for the Swedish furniture store told the Herald last month the company has “approvals” to build but doesn’t have a construction timetable.

The Assembly Row and Ikea projects are separate, but nearby.

But if Ikea does arrive, riders could be bunched on the T with unbuilt bedroom sets.

Coming soon The new area will include: A new Orange Line T station 1.75 million square feet of office space 550,000 square feet of retail 65,000 square feet of entertainment 450 residential units

Somerville spokesman Tom Champion said if and when the time comes to construct an Ikea near Assembly Row, the company is “sensitive to the issue” as they plan strategies for operating in a more urban environment.

“Ikea is aware of the need to manage the delivery side of the operation in such a way you don’t have problems with tran-

sit,” he said. “They are as eager as anyone to make transit an ally.”

Champion said Ikea has permits to build, but has not indicated when they will begin.

MBTA officials don’t seem concerned about the prospect of passengers piling on public transit with oversized boxes, however.

“We trust that our customers will exercise good judgment in deciding whether a subway car is the proper mode of transport for their purchases,” said Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for the MBTA. Pesaturo said the T “looks forward to providing service to everyone who chooses to live and shop around the new Orange Line station.”

STEVE ANNEAR

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Boston University President Robert Brown sent an e-mail to students on Monday telling them the school would be forming a center to combat sexual assault on campus in the wake of several unsettling incidents at the school this year.

According to the letter to coeds, sent out by Brown, BU will create a center “specifically dedicated to preventing sexual assault through training and outreach.”

The center will be run by the Student Health Services department and will have a new location, separate from the Student Health Services offices.

Brown said the goal is to have the center operational by the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year.

“We are committed to working to ensure that our academic community is one in which uncivil, violent or abusive treatment of others is not tolerated and that we have the appropriate means

in place both to reduce the likelihood of such events and to provide strong support to those affected when,

Abuse claims unfounded

Steve Carrell Ducks rescued to film in Mass. from sewer

BOSTON. The Archdiocese of

MARSHFIELD. Actor Steve Carrell, of “The Office” fame, could be shooting a film in his hometown on the South Shore this summer.

According to Boston.com, Carrell will be heading to Marshfield in June to start working on “The Way, Way Back,” a dramatic comedy.

The movie is about “a young boy coping with an inattentive mom and a scoundrel stepdad.” METRO

Boston yesterday announced that the sexual abuse allegations against a priest were found to be unsubstantiated.

The Rev. John Mendicoa was accused of sexually abusing a boy. He had been placed on administrative leave since last August while the claims were investigated.

He is now on restricted service, the archdiocese said.

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Several sexual assaults and a hazing incident prompted the need for the center, a BU official said.

Centered around controversy In his letter, BU President Robert Brown cited four recent incidents which sparked a need for the new center.

The center will deal with

both sexual assault prevention and hazing prevention.

A hazing incident in April involving a fraternity off campus and BU students led to an investigation by police and campus officials.

Two alleged sexual assaults also preceded the announcement of the new center.

despite our best efforts, such events occur,” Brown said in his letter.

STEVE ANNEAR

ARLINGTON. Three ducklings

that fell through a storm drain on Monday were later rescued and brought to safety by animal rescue officials.

According to a WBZ report, the mother duck and her nine ducklings were walking near a busy intersection when three of the animals slipped into the sewer grate.

DPW was notified and the ducklings were reunited at a local pond. METRO

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Obama aide says drone strikes legal

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Speaking on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan, the White House aide, John Brennan, said

the U.S. administration holds itself to a “rigorous” review process in deciding on drone targets in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

The bin Laden commando raid and unmanned air strikes in Pakistan have severely strained relations between Washington and Islamabad.

“I’m here today because President Obama has instructed us to be more open with the American people about these efforts,” Brennan said. REUTERS

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haven’t passed, considered or even introduced legislation to address concerns about “toobig-to-fail” banks voiced by members of both parties and such Federal Reserve bank presidents as Richard Fisher of Dallas and Jeffrey Lacker of Richmond, Va. “I haven’t seen any of them putting forth legislation on breaking up the big banks or on other things that would genuinely prevent a bailout next time,” said Marcus Stanley, policy director of Americans for Financial Reform. BLOOMBERG

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Tea Party favorites such as Stephen Fincher of Tennessee were swept into Congress on a wave of anger over government-funded bailouts of banks.

Now those incumbents are collecting thousands of dollars for re-election campaigns from the same Wall Street firms whose excesses they criticized. They have taken no significant steps to curb them or prevent future taxpayer-financed rescues.

Republican freshmen have made clear their disdain for expanding government, and openly opposed a financial regulatory overhaul enacted by Democrats in 2010 before the newcomers arrived in Washington. Their ranks include 10 Tea Party-backed freshmen on the House Financial Services Committee, part of a force that won election in a populist backlash to government spending that included emergency lending to major banks and bailout of firms including U.S. automakers.

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appy Paul Ryan Day! Inspired in part by a pair of profiles at The New York Times and New York Magazine, the Internet was abuzz yesterday with analysis of this mysterious young “gym rat” who “strolls the halls of Capitol Hill with the anarchist band Rage Against the Machine pounding through his earbuds” and “noodles catfish, catching them barehanded with a fist down their throats.”

He’s also the reigning king of the Republican party. But don’t take our word for it. Says Republican Rep. Tom Cole:

(Again, the implication suggests that Romney’s qualifications are irrelevant; all he need do is sign the Ryan plan, which he’s promised to do, if elected, as soon as possible.)

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@METROPOLITIK “Paul Ryan effectively captured the republican presidential candidates.” (His radical budget proposal offers candidates little wiggle room.) And here’s Grover Norquist, another right-wing ideologue with a stranglehold on the GOP, elevating Ryan’s status above that of Mitt Romney: “We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff.”

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Rep. Paul Ryan is all talk, no substance.

o, what does Ryan want?

And what, therefore, do we get if we elect a Republican into the presidency?

Let’s put it this way: You’d do well to get upwardly mobile relatively quickly.

“The choice before us could not be more clear,” Ryan said this past Thursday.

“Continuing down the path we are on would mean becoming the first generation to break faith with the American legacy of leaving the next generation with more ... greater opportunities than our parents left us.”

And how does Ryan propose to uphold that great American faith? To start, he’ll cut taxes for the rich. In addition, military spending will go

up. To pay for all this, he — or his Romney surrogate — will repeal Obamacare and take a big chunk out of Medicare, removing tens of millions from the ranks of the insured.

Medicaid and other programs will also get severely axed. In other words, in order to ensure the historic American legacy of opportunity, Ryan would give the wealthiest among us a huge windfall and take a torch to programs for the poor.

Asked by Times reporter Jonathan Weisman whether his policies reflect a “heartless” disregard for America’s most unfortunate, Ryan brushed the criticism aside: “I’m so used to that by now,” Ryan replied. We bet you are, sir. We bet you are.

“We’re trying to preempt austerity,” Ryan continued.

“We want to prevent that bitter kind of European austerity mode, which is what we’ll have if we have a debt crisis. I believe that the seeds of a bipartisan compromise are

there. But I think we’re going to clearly need new leadership in the Senate and the White House to realize that.”

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hat Ryan fails to mention is that we had a bipartisan compromise in the BowlesSimpson commission. Ryan was on that commission; he voted against it. Despite the massive spending cuts it proposed, Ryan opposed any tax increase on the wealthy. He then accused President Obama of ignoring the committee’s recommendations.

Ryan seems to want to prevent austerity by implementing austerity. (Look it up: Austerity: “A policy of deficitcutting, lower spending, and a reduction in the amount of benefits and public services provided.”) Maybe some new leadership can clear this up.

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Could it be that a Kardashian is actually putting her family’s happiness over her reality TV ambitions? The answer is: Maybe! But don’t tell her publicist that!

According to a source at Us Weekly, “Khloe has pulled the plug,” on her E! spin-off series “Khloe and Lamar.” The reason, according to TMZ.com, is that Lamar Odom wants to focus on reviving his faltering NBA career.

Back from Dallas, where Odom was released from the Mavericks last month, the two “have decided he should train all offseason,” the insider tells Us Weekly.

“And she’s exhausted from filming!”

However, Kardashian’s publicist tells Entertainment Weekly: “The show has not been cancelled. It will de-

Khloe and Lamar

pend on their schedules, as Lamar’s basketball schedule is a priority.”

If the series doesn’t return for a third season, at least there’s another reality TV show about the trials and tribulations of young married life hitting the network. “Married to Jonas,” starring Kevin Jonas and his wife, Danielle, will follow the couple as they navigate their daily lives at their New Jersey home while juggling his recording and touring schedule and various sets of in-laws.

Here’s an idea, E!: Have Khloe and Lamar move next door to the Jonases, get Lamar on the (now Brooklyn) Nets with Kim Kardashian ex Kris Humphries, and create the most beautiful reality TV mash-up in the world.

Thank (and pay) me later.

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Jackson and Houston: In love?!

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard claims the King of Pop had an affair with Whitney Houston in 1991 — and even wanted to marry the late singer. “Whitney practically moved in to Michael’s ranch and they had a fling like any other young couple,” Matt Fiddes tells the Sun. “Michael said later he had always hoped the relationship had gone further, and I know he

dreamed of marrying her.”

Fiddes says the pair had one more run-in at a 2001 tribute concert for Jackson.

“They were both a mess, to be honest,” Fiddes says of the reunion. “They shared what would be their final hugs and Michael begged Whitney to get off the drugs that were destroying her life.” For those keeping track at home, Fiddes is the same former bodyguard claiming to be the biological father of Jackson’s youngest child, Blanket, insisting that Jackson used Fiddes’ sperm to conceive the boy.

here, he said, ‘Where ya going?’ I said, ‘I’m going out,’ and he said, ‘With who?’” she tells David Letterman during an interview. “I said, ‘I’m going to see some friends.’ I didn’t want to tell him about you. I didn’t want to confuse him.”

Everyone is getting worried for J. Simp It’s been more than a week since Jessica Simpson’s scheduled due date, and folks are starting to get concerned. Her father, Joe Simpson, took to Twitter to post: “Still counting down the days ‘til I am a grandpa again. Keep Jess in your prayers,” while pal Katy Perry remarked, “Has Jessica Simpson had that baby yet? I’m getting anxious.” Chelsea Handler chimed in as well, saying she’s “getting frightened” that Simpson hasn’t delivered yet.

The pregnant singer was spotted over the weekend with fiance Eric Johnson, taking a notably bumpy drive. Trying to help things along, maybe?

Poehler’s son is a ‘possessive husband’ With two young sons at home, Amy Poehler is enjoying motherhood, but she admits her older

boy, 3-year-old Archie, is “turning into a possessive husband” as he grows up. “He knows when I’m going out if I’m dressed up or if I have shoes on. Like today, when I was dressed up to come

“The Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson — who recently complained that the U.S. drinking age should be lowered to 18 — looked pretty pleased with himself leaving a supermarket in Los Angeles carting a bottle of scotch, according to TMZ. The 19year-old actor allegedly used a fake ID to purchase a $170 bottle of Macallan. “The age to go to war is 18, so I think the drinking age should be 18 as well,” Hutcherson previously told reporters for the website.

Today, Joan Rivers can't believe her ears, Lindsay Lohan is trying to set the record straight, Simon Cowell isn't comfortable giving a compliment and Albert Brooks is impressed. @Joan_Rivers A nightclub patron accused Lindsay Lohan of throwing a drink in her face? Can't be true!

Lindsay would never let any booze go to waste. @lindsaylohan didn’t miss my flight, was always taking a red eye because i was working during the original flight @SimonCowell Hate to admit that @piersmorgan is a brilliant interviewer @AlbertBrooks Two Avengers just came up to my kids on the street and took $50.

This movie is going to make a fortune.

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1: Matt LeBlanc, sporting an awesome fauxhawk, was snapped outside of Radio 1 on Monday in London, England.

2: Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph appeared at The Comedy Awards 2012 at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday in New York.

3: As part of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Saturday in New Orleans, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed.

4: Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman attended a photocall to announce the start of filming their new movie, “The Railway Man,” on Friday in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 10-week shoot starts now around Edinburgh,

moving to Thailand in late May and finally to Australia in early June.

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5: A pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi visited the Chicago-area tanning salon, Ultimate Exposure, to promote her new line of tanning lotion on Saturday.

6: Fergie, along with some intense shoulder pads, attended a dinner party hosted by Lucky Magazine on Friday in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

7: Dita Von Teese is the most fashionable woman in any airport, anywhere. Here she is arriving in London from Paris yesterday.

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The seven-year itch Writer Jon Raymond has penned several screenplays, including the critically acclaimed films ‘Old Joy’ and ‘Wendy and Lucy’ His most recent is the Emmy-nominated HBO miniseries ‘Mildred Pierce’ In his second novel, ‘Rain Dragon,’ he explores breakups, makeups, moving up and moving on

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cclaimed author and screenwriter Jon Raymond reminds us that the end is always in the beginning. In his sophomore novel “Rain Dragon,” a young couple impetuously embarks on a journey of discovery together, trading Los Angeles for a dairy farm outside of Portland, Ore. But, their paths diverge and they come to realize that the life they’ve romanticized isn’t so romantic. Where Amy sees omens, Damon finds opportunities; where Amy sees opportunities, Damon finds himself alone. As they pursue their own niches in their new community, it exposes fissures in their tumultuous seven-year relationship. Raymond asks his readers: Can one sacrifice their ideologies for a greater good?

We ask him about taking risks, falling in love and whether the grass on the other side is ever really greener.

Why can’t Damon, whose job it becomes to promote better communication in businesses, find the same success in his most intimate relationship?

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thinking has become so commonplace that people often end up articulating their needs and desires in almost exactly the same way they’d write a corporate mission statement.

Everything ends up as a forum for self-improvement. I wanted to deal with this broader New Age way of thinking without any kind of irony or judgment attached. Openness and communication are the hallmarks of New Age thinking, [but] there are some things that simply can’t be said.

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Did you know the trajectory of Damon and Amy’s relationship in advance or did you let it unfold as you were writing?

I always knew that the destiny these characters imagined for themselves was not going to be the destiny the universe doled out. The book is about how people fabricate a sense of fate in their lives — that feeling that your actions have some greater meaning, that your story has some special shape. The story takes place over the course of a year, and the characters conform to a circular path. They start where they end, hopefully with more self-knowledge or at least a momentary sense of renewal. We keep doing the same things over and over again and every once in awhile we find ourselves in a new season.

Happiness is an abstract idea, and it’s different for everyone.

Is there something more accessible one might seek?

A lot of romantic relationships fail because the people involved stop teaching and learning from one another. How do you avoid stagnation?

I tend to frame my own life in the negative. I don’t want to do this; I don’t want to feel that, thus I’ll behave in this way. So my key to happiness is largely evasive. The pursuit of happiness can look unwise at times, just a selfish, acquisitive, hypocritical lifestyle. Being useful to others, putting other people ahead of oneself: That attitude seems to make for happy states of mind.

So much of our popular culture is fixated on the big, pyrotechnic event of falling in love, the finding of “the one,” and pays so little attention to the longer, unfolding work of love. In “Rain Dragon,” I wanted to jump past that initial flush and into a relationship at the moment of possible commitment.

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In defense of the president’s policies President Obama has helped turn America around since 2008. Unlike the GOP agents for the rich, Obama has worked hard to put in programs that benefit the middle class and those trying to get into the middle class. In 2008, thanks to the foolish policies of George W. Bush, America was on the brink of financial ruin. We even heard the word “Depression” being used on the nightly news. We don’t hear that word anymore do we? So my question for America is: Who (except for the rich) would vote Republican? Who would want to turn the reins of our government back to the policies of the GOP? Republican policies that always place the wealthy, corporations and the military before the working

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According to the projections described in the Social Security Trustees Report, the fund is already paying out close to $50 billion more than it takes in, apart from interest. Beginning in 2020, payments will exceed its income — including the interest. By 2033, the fund will be depleted. After that, taxes will only be able to pay about 75 percent of the scheduled benefits. JIM FLETCHER, VIA E-MAIL

Right-wing loonies gum up the works RE: “THE LEAST PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS WILL DO EVEN LESS THAN USUAL!”: Commies?!

Lefties?! What is this, the 1950s? I’m old enough to remember when people like Mr. St. George and Mr. Tordoff thought fluoridating water to prevent tooth decay was a communist plot. Time for these two to get out of the conservative news echo chamber with their mid20th century paranoia.

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THE NBA NEEDS A SLAP TOO First things, first: Rajon Rondo deserves his one-game suspension. Rondo’s biggest knock, and really, the only reason as to why Danny Ainge has ever listened to trade offers regarding the immensely talented sixth-year point guard is this: He is painfully immature.

Belichick dishes on draft picks Patriots head coach Bill Belichick offered up insight on the newest members of the Patriots yesterday on Sirius XM’s “Movin’ the Chains� program.

On Syracuse product Chandler Jones, who is also the brother of UFC lightweight champ Jon “Bones� Jones, Belichick noted that Jones matched up well with collegiate tackles now in the NFL and that he was extremely competitive in linebacker drills at the combine. Jones has the versatility to play end in the 4-3 and outside linebacker in the 3-4.

Belichick also spoke on how Alabama’s Dont’a Hightower reminded him of Jerod Mayo and Mike Vrabel in different ways. The coach said Hightower is similar to Mayo in football intelligence and leadership and that his versatility could be much like Vrabel’s was during his time in New England. METRO

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hat could all one day change, of course.

One should bet that it will, actually. Paul Pierce, in his seventh NBA year in 2005 was ejected in a pivotal Game 6 playoff game against Indiana. He followed it up by waving his jersey in the air and wrapping a giant bandage around his head in the postgame press conference.

That was more of an immature act than what Rondo did Sunday night.

So there’s still room for Rondo to change. That we know.

The other party involved in this passive-aggressive exercise that occurs each and every spring in today’s NBA, of course, was official Marc Davis. On that end, there will likely be no alteration in behavior this spring or any spring.

Just three weeks ago, Davis blew call after call in, oddly enough, a Celtics-Hawks game at TD Garden.

Now, I am one of the lone souls remaining that believe David Stern is the best commissioner in sports. Insane, I know.

But it’s clear that Stern is also the most stubborn amongst the Selig, Goodell, Bettman crew. After the Tim Donaghy officiating scandal that should have rocked sports for decades, but somehow didn’t, one would think that Stern would have made at least a little effort to have his league become just a smidgen more transparent when it comes to questionable calls on the floor.

That hasn’t happened. In fact, one could make the case that things are worse than ever.

Explain to us exactly why Metta World Peace was suspended seven games instead of 10? Tell us that your officials made a mistake with a bad goal-

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Referee Marc Davis and Rajon Rondo won’t be exchanging Christmas cards.

tending call or a phantom foul at the end of these games. Show the fans all the ways you are trying to improve the situation, instead of always going the Mafia rout and covering up things that don’t even need to be covered up.

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NBA officials, meanwhile are still robots to the fans. And evil ones at that.

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Let’s get this out of the way right now: Nobody on the Celtics can do what Rajon Rondo does. His absence for tonight’s Game 2 will be apparent, and his selfishness could cost the team a series win over the Hawks. But not having Rondo isn’t the end of the world. It doesn’t mean the C’s will roll over and die.

With Rondo in a suit, Avery Bradley will most likely move to the point guard position, while Mickael Pietrus slides into the shooting guard role.

The bench becomes thinner, assuming Ray Allen is still out, but players like Keyon Dooling and rookie E’Twaun Moore will have to step up.

THE REAL ISSUE The Rajon Rondo ejection overshadowed the Celtics’ real problem on Sunday: Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett did not show up to play. Pierce scored just 12 points on 5-19 shooting (0-6 from three-point range). Garnett’s stat line doesn’t look that bad, 20 points and 12 rebounds, but how about not starting the game 0-for-7 tonight? His poor play in the first quarter of Game 1 contributed greatly to the big hole the C’s found themselves in. Rondo or not, if these two can’t get it together, the season is over.

TAKE A STEP BACK Yes, you, Celtics fan who’s ready to jump. A lot went right for the Hawks in Game 1. Do you think Atlanta will start the game shooting better than 70

Without Rondo The Celtics went a very respectable 8-5 this season without Rajon Rondo.

Avery Bradley will likely take Rondo’s place at the point.

He did not have an assist in Game 1, but did post 10 points.

percent for much of the first quarter? The C’s know now more than ever that they can’t allow the Hawks to get out on the break. They’ve got to slow the game down. And who knows? With Rondo out, Atlanta could develop a false sense of confidence.

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